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With Protools 9, you don't have to use an interface made by Avid/Digidesign. You can use pretty much any interface. For example, an Apogee Duet. Or Focusrite Saffire 56. Or RME Fireface, etc. It doesn't have to be an Mbox or 003, etc. This is one of the biggest features about Protools 9.